{"id":169694,"date":"2025-12-26T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169694\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ex-ceo-of-belorusy-i-rynok-zalatych-moves-to-warsaw-months-after-release-from-belarus-prison","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169694\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-CEO of Belorusy i Rynok Za\u0142atych moves to Warsaw months after release from Belarus prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zolotych_baj.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zolotych_baj.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zolotych_baj-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zolotych_baj-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zolotych_baj-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zolotych_baj-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(BAJ)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Kanstancin Za\u0142atych, the ex-CEO of the <em>Belorusy i Rynok<\/em> weekly released from prison in October after serving a four-year sentence, has moved to Warsaw, according to his post on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was arrested in May 2022 and convicted of exceeding his authority, inciting social hatred and insulting an official in April 2023 in a major government crackdown on the independent media in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders declared him a political prisoner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 28 journalists are still held behind bars in Belarus, according to the Belarusian Association of Journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cifry_baj.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 security forces arrested 12 media workers in 2025 &#8211; BAJ<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 26, Pozirk. Security forces in Belarus conducted 34 raids and detained 12 media workers in 2025, said the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ). The BAJ recorded more than 100 instances of persecution of journalists in exile. Authorities declared 42 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/169677\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 26, Pozirk. Kanstancin Za\u0142atych, the ex-CEO of the Belorusy i Rynok weekly released from prison in October after serving a four-year sentence, has moved to Warsaw, according to his post on Facebook. 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